Triptych Memorial to My Rosemarie PT. 1 - Louis Pelosi CD

Tim Page wrote in the New York Times of Lousi Pelosis music: Mr. Pelosi specializes in contrasts that are unified and carefully argued. He has devised an ingenious method of making his work accessible on first hearing: he peppers the music, which is generally abstract and chromatic, with an occasional passage of consonance..... This new disk offers the first recording of four mature works of Louis Pelosi, all composed between 1997 and 2008. It is the first of three CDs dedicated to the memory of his wife, the artist Rosemarie Kocz, a distinguished artist, and Holocaust survivor who dedicated much of her work to those dark years. The two string quartets are a study in contrasts. The first quartet is a full length, four movement work of great depth and considerable beauty. The second quartet, written in one long, but fascinating movement, is a requiem to Pelosis wife, but is also an act of homage to JS Bach, having as one of its main components the opening theme of his Harpsichord (or Violin) Concertos first movement. Both quartets are given masterly performances by members of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, as is the Prayer Suite, in which Piotr Tarcholik, the first violinist in the quartets, is joined by pianist Monika Wilinska-Tarcholik. The vocal sextet I Weave You A Shroud is an extraordinary work based on a poem written by TP Perrin about Rosemarie Kocz. I Weave You A Shroud was the title she gave to thousands of her drawings, memorializing the victims of the Holocaust - in her words burials I offer to those I saw die in the camps. This is a live and, according to the composer, flawless performance by the outstanding New York Virtuoso Singers, conducted by Harold Rosenbaum.Additional Info: Personnel: Megan Stickles (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, glockenspiel, tambourine); Dan Tews, Liam Betson (vocals, guitar, percussion); Kevin McMahon (vocals, guitar); Susan Putnins (vocals, piano); Eric Harm, Sarim Al-Rawi (vocals, percussion); Kevin Kearns, Sean Neafsey (vocals); Andrew Cedermark (guitar); Elio DeLuca (electric guitar, electric piano); Amy Klein (violin); David Bentley (cello); Ava Tews (clarinet); Elaine Labate, Eliane Labate (saxophone); Brian Nowakowski (trumpet); Ian Graetzer (bass guitar); Ian Dykstra (drums).

Specifics

  • Album: Triptych Memorial to My Rosemarie PT. 1
  • Artist: Louis Pelosi
  • Label: CD Baby
SKU CD-635385770127
Barcode # 635385770127
Brand CD Baby
Shipping Weight 0.0710kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.140m

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